WEBVTT DEANGELOS FIANCE WAS NAMED BONNIE COLWELL AND AT THE TIME THEY WERE ENGAGED DEANGELO WAS 24. ACCORDING TO A BOOK BY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATORS, RICHARD SHELBY, THE EAST AREA RAPIST YELLED OUT, "I HATE YOU, BONNIE, I HATE YOU," AS HE RAPED ONE OF HIS VICTIMS BONNIE CALLED OFF THE ENGAGEMENT AND EVENTUALLY MARRIED SOME EL -- HER DAUGHTER CONFIRMING HER MOM HAS A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. WE’VE ALSO NOTICED A TREND A MAJORITY OF THE MURDERS 10 OF THE 12 THE EAST AREA RAPIST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR -OCCURRED AFTER DEANGELO WAS FIRED FROM THE AUBURN POLICE DEPARTMENT. AS FOR DEANGELO’S BACKGROUND, WE’VE UNCOVERED A FEW MORE PIECES. HE GREW UP IN WESTERN, NEW YORK, IN A SMALL TOWN CALLED BATH WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND 5,000 PEOPLE AT THE TIME. AT SOME POINT THE FAMILY MOVED AND DEANGELO GRADUATED FROM FOLSOM SENIOR HIGH IN 1964 HE HAS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM SACRAMENTO STATE, AND SERVED 22 MONTHS IN VIETNA

New details are coming to light about the man accused of being the notorious serial killer, the East Area Rapist.

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Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of two counts of murder in the case of Brian and Katie Maggiore, who were killed in February 1978, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said.

The East Area Rapist, also known as the Golden State Killer and the Original Night Stalker, was believed to be responsible for at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and 150 burglaries in multiple Northern California counties, including Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, before moving on to commit crimes elsewhere in the state, the FBI said.

DeAngelo was engaged to a woman named Bonnie Colwell when he was 24. She later called off the engagement.

According to a former investigator, the East Area Rapist once yelled “I hate you, Bonnie. I hate you,” while raping a victim.